Jeff Harnar: "Sammy Cahn The Second Time Around" Album Release
The show shines a spotlight Cahn's lyrics for Sinatra and The Rat Pack, Broadway and World War II. Featured songs include: “Come Fly With Me,” “All The Way,” “Teach Me Tonight,” “Call Me Irresponsible,” “I Fall in Love Too Easily,” “Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week),” “Bei Mir Bist Du Schon,” and “Time After Time.”
Sammy Cahn was a lyricist with 30 Academy Award nominations, more than any other songwriter. He won 4 Oscars, an Emmy, wrote a string of hits for Frank Sinatra, Doris Day and Dean Martin, wrote “High Button Shoes” and more for Broadway, and during World War II wrote a catalog of songs that captured the emotional climate of the nation.
Jeff Harnar is a multi-award-winning concert and recording artist. This July PS Classics released his album JEFF HARNAR sings SAMMY CAHN THE SECOND TIME AROUND featuring duets with Clint Holmes, Grammy Winner Nicole Zuraitis and the triplets from Kenya, MOIPEI. Other recent albums are the MAC Award winning Cy Coleman tribute A COLLECTIVE CY (2023) orchestrated and conducted by Alex Rybeck, and I KNOW THINGS NOW My Life in Sondheim’s Words, (2022) orchestrated and conducted by Jon Weber (both on PS Classics). Carnegie Hall appearances include both the Cole Porter and Noel Coward Centennial Galas. PBS concerts include THE 1959 BROADWAY SONGBOOK with Alex Rybeck, AMERICAN SONGBOOK: SONDHEIM with KT Sullivan. Awards include multiple MAC, Bistro and Broadway World Awards, the 2022 Chicago Cabaret Professionals National Honoree Award and The Noel Coward Foundation Cabaret Award. Jeff is also a Broadway World, MAC and Bistro Award winning Director (Tovah Feldshuh, Rita Gardner and more).
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